Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

GHAUNOEY H. HALE, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NE\V YORK.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 43,020, dated June '7, 1864.

To ally/'hom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHAUNCEY H. HALE, of Fayetteville, Onondaga county, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vashing-hlachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the adjustable elliptic spring, adjustable arms, and adjustable screw-rod.

Figure l represents a perspective view of the machine; Fig. 2, a sectional view ot' the operating devices.

A represents the box of the washing-machine resting upon four feet; B, the ribbed concave or washingboard, sloping` and curving from the top to within an inch of the bottom of the box. The ribs of thevconcave have a square groove between each rib .to prevent the buttons on the clothes from being broken.

C represents an upright frame attached to` the sides of the box, near the center of the box, having a half-elliptical spring, D, across the top, with a straight beam or cross-piece, E, above, which is adjusted by set-screws F at each side, which adjust the spring D so as to give pressure to the spring upon the vertical sliding boxes G to make the roller H accommodate itselt` to the thickness and variety of clothing being washed.

J represents a cross-piece, which extends across the box and operates in the upright frame C. It has a side lever, K, which is located on the outside of the box, and which is the handle to operate the machine. rlwo side posts or arms, L, extend from the crosspieee J, at the lower end of which the roller H is suspended, and revolves on its journals.

These side arms, L, are also adjustable by means ofthe cross screw rod, M, located above the roller H, so that the roller will rub, hard( r on the cloth when required. r[he ends ofthe arms L have eircularplatesN attached,which, as the screw-rod M is adjusted and tightened by means of a small wheel at its center, the arms L are drawn inward aud press the plates N against the ends of the roller H, and serve as a brake to tighten or loosen the revolution of the roller.

The operator moves the handle or lever K up and down, (which operation is easily performed with very little labor,) and the cross-piece or axle J revolves sufficiently to move the arms L and roll back and forward over the cloth (or piece being washed) which rests upon the concave B, the roller moving closer to the lower end of the concave than at the top, so as to press the cloth tighter on its downward motion and work freer at the top, that the cloth or garment will not be rut'tied on the board, but at the same time the machine allows any part of the garment to be washed where required more than the other, such as the wristbands, collar, or neck part ot' a shirt, where the friction can be applied with the best results, and not wear any other part of the garment, and the operator can move easily, handle, and turn the garment and wash any one spot or partof the cloth more than another.

What lclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhc construction of the adjustable elliptic spring D, adjustable arms L, and adjustable' screw-rod M, when arranged and combined as herein described, and for the'purposes set forth.

CHAUNCEY H. HALE. Witnesses:

J. FRANKLTN REIGART, JOHN HoLLiNGsHEAn. 

